Shades of Structural Realism in Post-classical Islamic Thought
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چکیده
What does Islamic theology have to say about the philosophy of science? The writings post-classical Muslim thinkers offer a wealth understudied material relevant conceptualizing ontological status, scope, and character scientific inquiry theorization. tradition developed nuanced metaphysical epistemological insights on unobservables, universals, causality. astronomers sophisticated responses perceived deficiencies in Aristotelian-Ptolemaic model. In contemporary debate between realism anti-realism, structural is much-discussed middle ground which suggests return many these insights. This challenges popular discourse relation religion science.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Theology and Science
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1474-6700', '1474-6719']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14746700.2023.2230427